Faulty PWM?

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Justin_302

we tried changing out the wires. they were not backwards and not bent or broken...and the wires were brandnew

Yeah, us too.

But the problem was still that the pins on the pwm cable weren't going into the socket on the Victor properly. It takes patience and not a little luck to get them seated.

[Justin_302]

according to first, this is a problem. when you plug the data cables in, if not perfectly straight, the pin will become crooked. the problem is basicly the pwm data cable. so if any other teams have this problem, use new data cables and be careful pluging them in

[408Oxidation]

We had the same problem....
All 4 Victors were blinking orange, but for some reason unplugging and plugging back in the PWM cable worked for 3 of them, even though it took about 10 tries to get it working again. One is still blinking, however. The pins are straight, the cable is brand new, and the victor still wont go to solid orange. We can run fine off of 2 Victors and 2 spikes, but it would be easier to use 4 victors. Any ideas?

[ConKbot of Doom]

Maybe the problem is the straight pins, bend them just a tad, just enough so that when they go in, they push make better contact with the connector. If they don't work one way, bend them a tad in the other direction. The connections for the victors have been really flaky this year. But I have found that that helps quite a bit.

[kevinw]

Anyone know who at IFI we could talk to about the differences in the 884's from last year and the 884's from this year? Last year's seem to be a whole lot easier to plug the cables into reliably. Maybe they'll bring the old 884's as replacements to the competitions. Or go back to the old ones for next year.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by kevinw

Anyone know who at IFI we could talk to about the differences in the 884's from last year and the 884's from this year? Last year's seem to be a whole lot easier to plug the cables into reliably. Maybe they'll bring the old 884's as replacements to the competitions. Or go back to the old ones for next year.

There will be IFI people at the regionals but I know that they read these boards. I am betting that there will be some changes in the controllers by next year including bringing back the wiring markings and better PWM insertion.

[Justin_302]

thats good news to hear